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A Brief Overview
Provides operational and clinical leadership for Spiritual Care services. Accountable for team member supervision, professional development, and ensuring the delivery of inclusive, high-quality spiritual and emotional support to patients, families, and team members. Oversees integration of spiritual care into the interdisciplinary care environment. Ensures compliance with regulatory standards, supports care coordination, and advances departmental and organizational priorities through collaboration, program development, and performance improvement. Has 24-hours accountability for services within the position's span of control.
Essential Functions

• Clinical Leadership & Care Delivery
  • Ensures provision of compassionate, culturally responsive spiritual care
  • Supports team members in complex and crisis situations, including end-of-life care
  • Serves as a clinical and spiritual resource to all team members
  • Supports patient care delivery as needed based on operational demands
• People Leadership & Workforce Development
  • Supervises chaplains, volunteers, and students
  • Conducts in hiring, onboarding, performance evaluations, and corrective action
  • Provides coaching, mentoring, and competency validation
  • Promotes professional growth and certification attainment
• Program Oversight & Operations
  • Supervises chapel operations, bereavement services, and resource allocation
  • Supervises daily operations, staffing, and workflow
  • Maintains policies, procedures, and compliance standards
  • Participates in budget planning and resource stewardship
• Quality Improvement & Outcomes
  • Assists with establishes performance expectations and monitors outcomes
  • Uses data to evaluate program effectiveness and drive improvements
  • Ensures documentation meets organizational standards
  • Ensures alignment with organizational quality and patient experience goals
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration & System Integration
  • Integrates spiritual care into patient care through interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Participates in committees and organizational initiatives
  • Supports system-level problem solving and process improvement
  • Builds partnerships across the organization
• Strategic & Community Engagement
  • Leads program development and innovation
  • Expands services to meet patient and organizational needs
  • Builds relationships with community faith organizations

Education Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Divinity, Theology, or related field required
• Minimum of 4 units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) required

Experience Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years spiritual care experience required 
• Current accountability to a religious tradition/denominational group required
• Progressive leadership experience, including supervision and program management preferred 
• Experience in a pediatric healthcare setting preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Strong understanding of spiritual care practices and diverse faith traditions
• Leadership, emotional intelligence and crisis management skills
• Ability to manage operations and program growth
• Ability to work with those with diverse spiritual understanding and needs

Licenses and Certifications

• BCC - Board Certified Chaplain by a recognized professional organization (e.g. APC, NACC, NAJC or ACPE) within 1 year is required

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